Box adapted particularly for clips



March 16 1926. 1,576,637

E. c. EGELINI BOX ADAPTED PARTICULARLY FOR CLIPS Filed April 20, 1925 Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST CONNY EGELIN, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, ASSIQNOR '10 AKTIEBOLAGET AUTO- PINS, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, A

CORPORATION.

BOX ADAPTED PARTICULARLY FOR CLIPS.

Application filed April 20, 1925. Serial No. 24,644.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNST CoNNY EGE- 1.1x, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Norra Blasieholmshamnen 5 13, Stockholm, Sweden, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes Adapted Particularly for Clips, of which the follow ing is a specification.

The invention contemplates a box adapted particularly for clips ,or gramophone needles or the like.

The invention relates more particularly to such boxes comprising two relatlvely movable parts, which are normally held apart byspring action, and one of which is adapted to receive the objects, while the other part of the box is provided with an abutment serving as a pusher-out for the objects and located opposite a discharge opening in the first mentioned part of the box, so that, when pressing the box parts together, the objects are broughtto successively project through said opening and may easily be seized.

The invention consists essentially in this that the first mentioned box part is provided with a channel fitting to the shape of the objects and also with a spring driven feeding device for the objects working in said channel.

In the annexed drawing two forms of embodiment of a box according to this invention are shown.

Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of the box having the main parts moved apart. Fig. 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view corresponding to that shown in Fig. 1, but having the main parts of the box pressed together. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the box showing the pusher-out piece for the clips. Fig. 5 is a sectional side view of the box according tothe second form of embodiment.

In the form of embodimentshown in Figs. 1 to 4, the box consists of a cylindrical upper part 1 and of a lower part 2 having a corresponding shape and hinged to and movable within the first mentioned part 1. Rotatably connected to the cover of the upper part 1 is a cylindrical drum 3 provided at its lower end with an annular channel 4, at the bottom 6 of which rest the clips 5 placed in a row and guided in an upright position by the side Walls of the channel 4. As apparent, the channel 4 is entirely separated from the surrounding box part 1. The two outermost clips of the row bear at the one side against an abutment plate 7 firmly secured to the rotary drum 3, Fig. 2, and at the other side against a seizing plate {3 connected to the lower box part 2 and servmg as a pusher-out piece for the clips, said seizing plate being in turn supported and guided by an abutment plate 9 connected to the upper box part 1. The clips 5 are held pressed between the abutment plate 7 and theseizing plate 8 by means of a. helical spring 10, the one end of which is connected to the drum 3, while its other end is secured to the bottom of the lower box part 2. The said spring 10 tends to rotate the drum 3 in the direction of the arrow P, Fig. 2, and also to hold the box parts 1 and 2 apart, as apparent from Fig. 1. The seizing plate 8 is provided with a slot 11, so as to be capable of moving over the outer wall of the channel 4, and said plate extends, when the box parts 1 and 2 are moved apart, to the bottom 6 of the channel 4 and forms, thus, an abutment limiting the relative movement of the box parts. Provided at the lower end 1 of the seizing plate 8 are two claws 12 asping under the clip 5 lying close to the plate 8, as apparent from Fig. 4. Provided in the cover of the upper box part 1 opposite to said claws 12 is a discharge opening 13 for the cli s.

As mentioned, the clips 5 are held pressed between the movable abutment plate 7 and the stationary seizing plate 8 by means of the spring 10, and said spring tends, as mentioned, to turn the drum 3 and the abutment plate 7 in the direction of the arrow P. Thus, if the box parts 1 and 2 be moved together to the position shown in Fig. 3 and if the clip 5 pushed out through the opening 13 by means removed, the next clip of the row will, by

of the pusher-out piece 8 be i means of the feeding device 7, 10, be auto matically moved into contact with the stationary seizin plate 8 and. be seized by the claws 12 of the plate 8 and thus brought into position for the discharge opening 13, when the box parts 1 and 2 are again moved apart. Thus, at every pressing together of the box parts 1 and 2 a clip 5 will be pushed out through the opening 13 and, when said clip is removed, the next clip will be brought into position for the discharge opening and so on, until the last clip is removed from the channel 4. New clips may then be introduced through the opening 13, the one after the other, or the filling in of the clips may be performed by taking apart the several parts of the box. In this case the rotatable connection between the drum 3 and the cover of the box ought to be detachable and may consist, for instance, of a screw connection.

The form of embodiment shown in Fig. 5 differs from that described above essentially in this respect only that the outer wall of the guiding channel 4 is formed by the wall of the surrounding box part 1 proper, whereby the clips rest on the bottom 6 formed as a flange of the drum 3. Further, the pusher-out piece consists in this case of a simple abutment piece 14 secured to the bottom of the lower box part 2 and against which bear the clips 5 held pressed against the stationary abutment plate 9 in the box part 1 and by means of which the clips are pushed out through the discharge opening 13, when the box parts 1 and 2 are pressed together.

Obviously, the invention 1s not limlted to the forms of embodiment shown in the drawing. Thus, if desired, the drum 3 may be firmly secured to the box part 1, and the abutment plate 7 only may be made movable, whereby it may be connected to the driving spring in any suitable manner and guided in the channel 4. In this case, the box parts and the drum need evidently not be cylindrical but may have any extended shape, for instance an elliptical shape. It is further evident, that, if desired, a separate spring device may be used for holding the box parts 1 and 2 apart.

The box may evidently also be used for other objects capable of being placed, as are the clips shown, in a row after each other in the channel formed in the box part 1, such as for instance gramophone needles or the like or, generally, objects of the same or about the same thickness.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America is:

1. A box adapted particularly for clips, gramophone needles or similar objects having the same or about the same thickness, and for holding and projecting said objects singly into a position, which adapts them to be conveniently seized, said box comprising in combination two relatively movable parts, means forforcingsaid parts apart, a holder for the objects "within the box, said holder comprising a channel formed in one of said parts of the box and fitting to the shape of the objects, a seizingmember upon which theobjects maybe caused to strike, a feeding device for moving the objects into contact with said seizing device, and an abutment intermittently arresting the objects in a position in front of said seizin member, so that upon forcing the aforesald movable parts of the box together the objects are singly forced out of the holder proper by means of said seizing member and thus made easily accessible.

2. A box according to claim 1, characterized by the channel formed in the one part of the box having its outer side wall located out of contact with said part of the box.

3. A box according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the seizing member serving as a pusher-out piece for the objects out of the channel simultaneously forms an abutment for arresting the objects in the proper position.

4. A box according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the seizing member serving as a pusher-out piece for the objects out of the channel simu taneously forms an abutment for limiting the relative movement of the parts of the box away from each other.

5. A box adapted particularly for clips, gramophone needles or similar objects having the same or about the same thickness,

. and for holding and projecting said objects singly into a position, which adapts them to be conveniently seized, said box comprising in combination two relatively movable parts, means for moving said parts apart, a drum rotatably connected to one of said parts of the box and forming a channel fitting to the shape of the objects, a seizing member upon which the objects may be caused to strike, an abutment connected to said rotary drum, means for rotating said drum and the abutment connected thereto, and a second abutment intermittently arresting the objects in a position in front of said seizing member, so that upon forcing the aforesaid movable parts of the box together the objects are singly forced out of the said channel by means of said seizing member and thus made easily accessible.

6. A box according to claim 5, characterized by the channel formed by the rotary drum having its outer side wall located out of contact with the part of the box in which said drum is rotatably mounted.

7 A box according to claim 5, characterized by the fact that the seizing member serving as a pusher-out piece for the objects Ill out of the rotary channel simultaneoiisly 9. A box according to claim 5, characterforms an abutment for arresting the objects ized by the means for forcin the parts of 10 in the proper position. the box apart simultaneously orming means 8. A box according to claim 1, characterfor rotating the rotary drum forming the 5 ized by the means for forcing the parts of channel adapted to receive the objects.

the box apart simultaneously forming means In testimony whereof I aifix my signature. for feeding the objects into the position in front of the seizing member. ERNST CONNY EGELIN. 

